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John DeNicola (born October 4, 1955) is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", for which he won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination, in 1988. In 1989 he was the co-winner of ASCAP Awards' "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" for "Time of My Life" as well as for "Hungry Eyes", another song from the film.[1] In addition to Dirty Dancing hits for Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes and Eric Carmen, he has also written songs with and for Eddie Money, John Waite, Kristine W, Steve Holy, Jeannie Kendall, Sugar Jones, Annie Haslam, Bernie Worrell, The Sighs and Martin Briley.[2][3]
- ^ "Dirty Dancing (1987) - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ John DeNicola Bio pagehttp://johndenicola.com/Bio/index.html
- ^ "John DeNicola - Award-winning songwriter and producer. Dirty Dancing songwriter. Discovering new musical talent and writing songs". Johndenicola.com.